Convenient Site Selection of a Floating PV Power Plant in Türkiye by using GIS-Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process
Özet
Floating photovoltaics (FPVs) are appearing as a promising and an alternative renewable energy opinion in which PV panels
are mounted on foating platforms in order to produce electricity from renewable energy on water such as seas, dams, rivers,
oceans, canals, fsh farms, and reservoirs. So far, such studies related to the body knowledge on fnancial, technical, and
environmental aspects of installation of FPV have not been performed in Turkey while expanding steadily in other countries.
In this study, suitable site selection for installation of FPV power plants on three lakes in Turkey was studied by performing
geographic information system (GIS) and the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) as multi-criteria decision-making
(MCDM) method. This detailed study revealed that the criterion of global horizontal irradiance (GHI) was determined as the
most crucial criterion for the installation of FPV on Beysehir Lake, Lake of Tuz, and Van Lake. Additionally, it was clearly
seen that the Beysehir Lake had the highest value approximately 52% among other lakes for installation, that is why Beysehir
Lake is selected as the best option for installation of an FPV system with this multi-criteria approach.
